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National News

Hawley Becomes First Senator Committed to Challenging Electoral College Results

by USNN2020December 30, 2020February 26, 2025

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Trump Team Wants to Present ‘Specific Evidence’ on Jan. 6: Campaign Adviser Jason Miller

by USNN2020December 30, 2020January 12, 2021

National News

Betsy DeVos on 1619 Project: Revisionist History Indoctrinating Young American Minds

by USNN2020December 30, 2020March 27, 2025

National News

Trump Campaign Asks Supreme Court to Set Aside Wisconsin’s Election

by USNN2020December 30, 2020June 20, 2024

Economy

IRS and Treasury Begin Sending Stimulus Checks to Millions of Americans

by USNN2020December 30, 2020February 26, 2025

National News

Arizona GOP Chair: ‘All on the Shoulders of Vice President Mike Pence’ in Elector Fight

by USNN2020December 29, 2020June 20, 2024

Congress

Growing Number of GOP Senators Back $2,000 Stimulus Checks After House Passes Bill

by USNN2020December 29, 2020February 26, 2025

National News

72 Percent of Republicans See Trump as Model for Future of GOP: Poll

by USNN2020December 29, 2020January 12, 2021

President Donald Trump called on GOP leaders in the Senate not to override his veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) after the House was able to. “Weak and tired Republican ‘leadership’ will allow the bad Defense Bill to pass. Say goodbye to VITAL Section 230 termination, your National Monuments, Forts (names!) and Treasures … 5G, and our great soldiers being removed and brought home from foreign lands who do NOTHING for us,” he wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. “A disgraceful act of cowardice and total submission by weak people to Big Tech. Negotiate a better Bill, or get better leaders, NOW! Senate should not approve NDAA until fixed!!!” The Senate is slated to take up the bill starting at 12 p.m. on Tuesday, although Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said he would slow down the NDAA veto override to get a vote on the $2,000 stimulus payments to people. The House passed the $2,000 stimulus check bill on Monday night. The NDAA was passed in the Senate in an 84-13 vote, meaning that Sanders’ efforts to fillibuster will likely be overcome. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said he would join Sanders’ efforts to slow down the measure. “I will be joining @BernieSanders in blocking the defense bill until we get a vote on $2,000 in direct cash relief. That relief passed in the House today with 44 Republicans voting for it. Senate Republicans must do the same and get the American people the help they need,” Markey wrote on Twitter. About a week ago, Trump vetoed the NDAA because it failed to change or remove Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which has been flagged by him and other Republicans as an enabler of censorship by tech companies such as Facebook or Twitter. “Unfortunately, the Act fails to include critical national security measures, includes provisions that fail to respect our veterans and our military’s history, and contradicts efforts by my Administration to put America first in our national security and foreign policy actions,” he said in a Dec. 23 statement after vetoing the measure. “It is a ‘gift’ to China and Russia.” The NDAA, he said, goes against his foreign policy mandate. “Not only is this bad policy, but it is unconstitutional,” he added in a statement at the time. “Article II of the Constitution makes the President the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States and vests in him the executive power. Therefore, the decision regarding how many troops to deploy and where, including in Afghanistan, Germany, and South Korea, rests with him.”

Congress

Trump Calls on GOP Senators Not to Override Veto of Defense Spending Bill: ‘Get Better Leaders’

by USNN2020December 29, 2020January 12, 2021

Supreme Court

Supreme Court Requires Lower Courts to Exclude Illegal Aliens From Census Count

by USNN2020December 29, 2020January 12, 2021

Healthcare

CDC Sets New Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccinations for People With Underlying Medical Issues

by USNN2020December 29, 2020March 1, 2025

Congress

House Votes to Override Trump’s Veto of 2021 Defense Policy Bill

by USNN2020December 29, 2020June 20, 2024

NATIONAL NEWS

Trump Outlines Day One Priorities at Inauguration Eve Rally

By Emel Akan WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump spoke at a rally on Sunday, the eve of Inauguration Day, at the Capitol One Arena in downtown Washington. At ...

Trump, GOP-Held Congress to Chisel Away at Biden’s Energy Legacy

By John Haughey Two broad ways to define President Joe Biden’s energy legacy are through policy influence going forward and public perception going backward. On one ...

Americans Remain in Dark Over Origins of Mysterious Drones

By Janice Hisle For the past decade, Jennifer Krazinski felt safe living in a home “tucked away, off of a dirt road,” in Hewitt, a ...

Federal Reserve Withdraws From Global Climate Group as Trump Set to Assume Power

By Naveen Athrappully The U.S. Federal Reserve is exiting a global climate change coalition days before the new Trump administration is set to take power ...

Trump Inaugural Events Kick Off Today: What to Know

By Jacob Burg Four days of celebrations surrounding President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration start on Jan. 18. They begin with a reception and fireworks at ...

Laken Riley Act Advances to Final Vote in Senate

By Stacy Robinson WASHINGTON—The Senate on Jan. 17 advanced a bill that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain illegal immigrants arrested for ...

Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted Appointed to Fill JD Vance’s Senate Seat

By Jeff Louderback Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine named Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to fill Vice-President-elect JD Vance’s U.S. Senate seat in a Jan. 17 ...

Trump Inauguration Moved Indoors Due to Freezing Conditions

By Jackson Richman The Jan. 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump has been moved indoors due to extreme cold weather. “It is my obligation to protect ...

DeSantis Chooses Florida AG Ashley Moody to Replace Rubio in Senate

By T.J. Muscaro Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Jan. 16 announced that Ashley Moody, Florida’s attorney general, will replace Sen. Marco Rubio in the U.S. ...

California Abandons Regulations Phasing Out Diesel Trucks

By Travis Gillmore California’s Air Resources Board sent a letter on Jan. 14 to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, withdrawing its prior waiver request that would ...

California Rep. Judy Chu Urges FEMA to Change Handling of Disaster Assistance Claims

By Katabella Roberts Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) is urging FEMA to change their handling of disaster assistance claims amid the ongoing fires in Southern California, ...

House Passes Bill Banning Men From Women’s Sports

By Stacy Robinson WASHINGTON—The House passed the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act on Jan. 14, with a vote of 218-206. The legislation ...